I think these comments would be fair for a commercial product, but you have to remember that this is the open-source world, and people arnt paid to answer questions in forums, it's entirely voulantary. When i'm not too busy i often respond to messages on various lists (when i know the answer). My company doesnt complain at this use of my time as we rely on open source projects like ojb, tomcat, struts.
I think that most questions get answered, especially the simple ones. But i think one thing that makes ojb so different to many other open source projects is that it covers a huge range of stuff. I have been using ojb for well over a year now, and probably havn't even looked at 80% of it's functionality. I've mostly used the PB api, and apart from some experimentation with ODMG i havnt used the other APIs. I think it would be fair to say that the majority of people on this list wouldnt have a clue as to the answer of the majority of questions. I certainly dont! Daniel. > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ilias Lazaridis > Sent: 18 November 2004 10:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - S02 - Answering behaviour on this forum > > > Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter wrote: > [moved down] > > > > Ilias Lazaridis escreveu: > > > >> I've noticed several threads, which remained unanswered. > >> > >> This could imply to visitors that the product OJB is death (or not yet > >> alive) > > !!! > > >> You should ensure that every request is answered, If possible with a > >> pointer to some resource. > > > > Hi, Ilias. Good to see you here (too). > > I'm following OJB project sice beta days, and I just reporting that > > some threads are not answered because they are in the docs AND/OR are > > avaliable in past threads. > > This is a common behaviour within forums. > > To distinguish a project: > - care about newcomers > - accept their laziness/confusion, point them to the relevant resource > - hopefully they remember this in future. > - and act the same against new newcomers. > > A few answers can keep a newcomer within the project. > > Increased userbase. > > > My experience at OJB mailing lists is that valid threads, and that are > > not already answered in past, are rapidly answered. > [...] - (congrats to the team) > > ok > > . > > -- > http://lazaridis.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
